The document discusses the differences between prospective and retrospective approaches. The prospective approach applies a new accounting policy to transactions after the date of the policy change, without affecting prior periods. The retrospective approach implements new accounting policies as if they had always been applied, affecting financial statement presentations for previous periods. Specifically, the retrospective approach uses the original contract start date for cash flows, conditions, and consideration, while the prospective approach uses the go-live date of the new system.